E.J. Dionne Jr., writing in the Washington Post:
We’re letting Trump distract us from his corrupt, anti-climate agenda
Some excerpts from this worthy read:
"The right’s propensity to deny climate change runs so deep that in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis and his fellow Republicans in the legislature have written their denial into law.
There is, finally, a problem that transcends Trump, on climate especially but on other issues as well: The best way to avoid a serious discussion is to transform a cause you oppose into yet another culture war skirmish.
The overwhelming scientific consensus is that global warming is real and poses a grave danger to humanity. Those trying to evade tough measures to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels dismiss technical expertise and invent hidden motives. The climate movement, they say, wants to enhance the power of big government. It hates cars, doesn’t care about people working the oil fields and despises the “American way of life.” Case closed."
Serious problem, indeed.
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